Racial Stereotypes Research Paper

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Prompt # 3: Does stereotyping create labels that we are expected to live by? Many times society places labels on people or individuals. These labels often become engrained in our communal psyche. For instance, some children are considered as lower performing because they need special services in school, or a bus driver may be considered unintelligent, and or even a garbage man may be considered and looked as an uneducated worker. But even so we all need these people to survive and build a community. Often, these groups or individuals begin to believe that they must adhere to these labels and act the way they are expected to. Racial stereotypes develop in a variety of ways. On a basic level, it is human nature to categorize people.
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